The story unfolds back and forth, immersing the audience in the plight of a father facing loneliness, displacement from his tribe, power play, deforestation and a struggle to balance the right and wrong.
A still from the film ‘Joram’ Credit: Supplied / punit reddy / Sydney Film Festival
Minimal dialogues pave the way for dialogues on sociopolitical structure with subtle touches like a moving shot of ‘a writing on the wall’.
I have been interested in social inequalities in the system since I was a child, and I have spent time with tribal communities to gain a better understanding of their situation.
Film director Devashish Makhija
A still from the film ‘Joram’ Credit: Supplied / punit reddy / Sydney Film Festival
Mr Makhija has shared his passion for real stories and says it is the right time to tell such stories.
There is now a shift in viewers. It has made the audience more open to watching real life unfold before them with all its scars and frailties.
Devashish Mukhija, Director film ‘Joram’
Devashish Makhija – Film Director Credit: Supplied/ punit reddy/ Sydney Film Festival
Mr Makhija has previously worked with Anurag Kashyap (on ‘Black Friday’) and Shaad Ali (on Bunti Aur Babli).
